Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-13

the peace The liquor Law is being stringent.
enforced.-Presque Isle is the only town in
the county that possesses = town clock.
CUMBERLAND.
The Whitney Safety Fire Arms Companv
has been organized At Portland for the pur-
pose OF manufacturing and dealing in fire
arms OF all kinds. Following are the officer.
President. Geo E. Forbes; Treasurer. VIM.
d. Whitney; Directors, VIM. Fl. whitney.
$50, 1000. f1 ~
BridRton has a new steam FIRE engine.
Mr.. Towne, Brunswick druggist, has a
potied tea rose. variety not known, a email
plant at that. which had upon its stalks two
iuii blown roses.-one of which was unmis-
takaoiy pink in color, very delicate shade,
the other beicg of a rich carmine color. The
roses opened. one on Thursday and one on
FRIDAY morning, and these differences in
shade rarely occur, at least in our experience
FRANKLIN
franklin County has some high hills of its
own. 1t is celebrated all through the State
for Its hills. Here are some of the attitudes
above the level of the sea: Mt Abram. g..
3s' feet Blue. 2,s04; Bigelow, $500; Sad
dleback, 1000; Spencer, 1850. Phillips
village is 1871 feet above the level of the sea.
HANCOCK.
Land is still booming at Bar Harbor.
Quests have begun to arrive. Many cot
tagers are already installed in their summer
houses. A brilliant season is anticipated, as
II is more than probable that many distin-
guished public gentlemen will be on the ISL
and Active preparations are being made in
hitting up the Phenix rink for the new cleo
tric lighting company. The boiler from the
old' are light station has been hauled there
and placed in position. This boiler is eighty
horse power, and two new ones, each of one
hundred horse-p power, will soon arrive. The
other machinery consists of double engine
and five dynamos. These dyuamos will fur
nish 1900 incandescent and fifty arc lights,
and with more dynamos the boilers are capa
BILE of supplying 1000 lights. force of men
is busy putting up poles and striuging wires,
and 1t is expected to have everything in read
mess by June 90. Nearly 900 incandescent
lights have been subscribed for.
KENNEBEc
Another attempt as made, Wednesday, to
poison the cows of II. l.. Croker of Farming.
dale. AS one of his Deighbors was crossing
the pasture, early in the morning The noticed
that the grass was dead in spots, on examins-
ton, found that Paris green or green paint
had been scattered in different places. The
police will investigate the matter.
The Waterville Mail says: AT the new rail-
road shops another building not on the frat
plan is soon to be put up near the boiler ami
engine rooms. 1t is to be of brick. 40x 100
feet, and will be used as store house-rne
payroll of the Lockwood Company is upwards
of six thousand dollars a week. About two
thousand silver dollars are required, one
thousand of which is found in town, and the
other thousand ordered from the mint
KNOX.
Burglars are now operating at Rocklsnd
but as yet nothing of great value has been
taken.
The new Congregational church at Warren
will be slated.
The Rockport Railroad company are ex-
tending the track to the top of the kilns, so
as to unload the rock without the trouble and
expense of rebandling.
Gorge Green of Thomaston, has been on
to Washington, ID. c., where he has secured
q government contract to furnish large
quantity of his black granite. The stone is
to be cut and polished. which will give work
to quite lumber of workmen. The stone,
as we understand. is for the Capitol grounds,
and is to be used in connection with other
kinds of stone.
LINCOLN
Capt Silas S. Terrell of Dresden, while at
work Thursday at Morses ice houses on
Swan Island. fell from an ice run to the
ground, a distance of twenty-five feet. The
shock produced conclusion of the brain.
Captain Terrell was taken to his home where
at last accounts he was as comfortable as
could be expected, and in fair way to re-
cover.
Some one has been poisoning the dogs
about Damarscotta village.
PENoBscoT.
Corrnna will have grand celebration the
Fourth of July, consisting of morning
salute of guns at sunrise, grand parade of
horribles at A. NJ. headed by Corrinna
Cornet Band, to conclude with an open air
minstrel entertainment, slow race at $50,
foot race at TO- 80, wheelbarrow race at IL,
dinner at -, concert bv the band at their
stand at l 80 2. NJ, followed Immediately
by tub race on the mill pond, potato race
at 3, sack race at 4, band concert on stand
at D. The whole to conclude with a bril-
liant display of fireworks in the evening.
w. F Persons mills at Upper Saltwater
which were damaged by the freshet are be-
ing repaired.
A boy stole ride on the Thursday after
noon tram from Oldtown. After he had
rode as far as he wished he jumped off, but
in so doing was thrown violently to the
ground and received severe injury on the
ankle. The conductor of the train saw him
lying on the track behind it and stopping,
backed back to him, took him aboard and
brought him to Bangor where his injuries
were attended to by physician.
Dexter comes to the front and announces a
Fourth of July celebration. The fire de-
partmeht will have charge of the affair and
a grand time is promised.
petition is now being circulated in Ban
gor to heve the barber shops closed on Sun
day and the BARRIERS are signing it very gen.
orally. There is an ordinance which requires
this but it has never been enforced.
Ransom York, of Midway has a thrilling
experience few days ago. He was engaged
in trying to break jam of logs at the head
of Wadleigh Falls. The jam started but
York was unable to get ashore so he went
over the falls on the logs doing some msgni-
ticent feats of balancing. 1t is about half
mile over the falls and he came out all
right although there was hardly one chance
in FIVE hundred for him. York would not
care to 90 through the same thing again.
J. Emerson, of South Carmel. whi,e at
work peeling bark in the Beidingion woods
met with a bad accident A tree wss falling
and on OF the workmen in trvinc. to csc pc
it caught his axe a iim5, The axe fl "
back striking Emsrson IN The face and then
cut frighttu cash in his stomach fiis es-
cape from bcing Instantly killed was re-